U of U – Medical Identity Theft
June 17, 2008
Last Wednesday on the front page of the Daily Herald and the Salt Lake Tribune was an article on how University of Utah Hospital patients had been victims of identity theft. Recently ID theft surpassed drug trafficking as the most widespread crime in the word.
In the latest trend of identity theft, people assume your identity and get expensive medical procedures done under your name and you get the bill. One lady received a statement from her insurance company for tens of thousands of dollars for a foot amputation she never had. She marched over to dispute it, both feet intact, and because it was her name, address and SSN, it was her bill.
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